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Kia EV9 wins, Fisker franchises, Tesla tops BYD, leather in EVs: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

Among its many winning assets: It fits the form that American households seek in a family vehicle, without the luxury price tag, and it’s at the leading edge in all aspects of charging. Hyundai and Kia announce Samsung SmartThings connectivity The truck-engine maker Cummins faces a $1.7

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3.4 kWh EIG Li-ion Pack for Plug-in Applications

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kWh useable energy. (A 96 cells were serially connected to obtain the 307V battery pack. Inside the pack, two modules were serially connected though a manual switch and equipped with sensing devices, battery management system (BMS), and thermal management system. Tags: Batteries Plug-ins. Earlier post.) Burke, Andrew F.

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CODA Automotive Battery Joint Venture Secures $394M of Committed Capital for Expansion

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Lishen is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of lithium-ion cells and a key battery supplier to industry leading companies such as Apple, Motorola, Samsung and Vodafone. (In There is no direct connection between YTP and Lishen, according to CODA; the new funding will be applied only to the CODA-Lishen partnership.). Earlier post.

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SAE taskforce J2954 on wireless charging and positioning standards looking to have final draft of guideline this year; significant industry involvement

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Wireless Charging enables the customer the ability to have “transparent” recharging of plug-in electric vehicle—EV, combustion engine (IC) PHEV, fuel cell (FC) PHEV—through a seamless connection to the EVSE charger and automated charging process. —Jesse Schneider, Chair SAE J2954.

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Coda Automotive to Bring China-Built Electric Mid-size Sedan to California Market in 2010; New JV with Lishen for Automotive Li-ion Systems

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The Coda team worked with Porsche Engineering, Energy CS and Lishen on the development of the vehicle chassis and the battery pack. The Coda-Lishen battery joint venture has teamed with a US battery company and filed an application with the Department of Energy to receive funding to build a battery manufacturing facility in the US.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

German energy firm RWE has stated that a cadre of respected automakers and energy firms have all come together in agreement on a three-point, 400-volt plug that will enable electric cars the world over to be recharged anywhere, regardless of which recharging station they stop at. excluding coal power in china. Were almost there.

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An Army of Grain-harvesting Robots Marches Across Russia

Cars That Think

An integrated display and control system in the cab handles driving based on a video feed from a single low-resolution camera, no GPS or Internet connectivity required. Your browser does not support the video tag. As soon as the camera and the box are mounted and connected to the combine's control system, we're good to go.

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